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more Browser Helper Objects
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I'm having a problem with Browser Helper Objects, when i first install my dll that create a new toolbar and other things on IE, the functionality is not loaded. The toolbar context menu show my...

redirecting the output of dos program
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hello How can i redirect the output of a dos program to a text box, similar to as we redirect the output of console program. I would also like to redirect the output of an dos internal command...

How to trap the deletion of a file before it happens
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 5 Comments

Hi all, I' d like to write a software to undelete a file from a disk or (very important) from a network path. I know the API FindFileNotification but I think that it works after the deletion event is...

ARRGH... Debug Runs, Release Fails...
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 4 Comments

Hi Experts: I'm about to ship my client his first alpha version of the software and I'm getting a "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down." popup. I understand that...

Need windows knowledge
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi. I'm not real computer savvy and need some advice. I am using Windows 98 and my software has gotten screwy (missing files etc). I'd like to wipe out everything on my hard drive and start over. I...

help..vc++
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 1 Comments

I am a newbie in win32 api and would like to ask something regarding to vc++.When i compile my program using vc++,it allow me to run for the first time but after i close the c++ and try to open...

Text highlight problem with MS browser helper object
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Microsoft very kindly make available a DLL (the browser helper DLL) which allows you to trap and disable the context menu (right mouse click) and various 'built-in' browser accelerators (such as...

ES_MULTILINE and WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 1 Comments

I've stumbled upon something that I can only characterize as a bug. I have a child window of type CDialog inside another parent CDialog window. The child window has a lot of different controls in it...

DllMain
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 6 Comments

Hi (I'm using Visual Studio .NET 2003 and C++) I have a problem with the DllMain, as the program doesn't seem to call it at all. I declare it in a dll as stated in MSDN documentation: BOOL WINAPI...

How to activate button.
Posted on December 19th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi! I've created dialogbox with inactive button (disabled). Now I would to activate it if some conditions are fulfilled. What message should I sent to this bloody button to activate it? Thanks.

CComboBox
Posted on December 18th, 2003 | 4 Comments

Hi, i have an ComboBox Element in a Dialog (added in Visual Studio with Ressorce Editor). I also added a member control variable (m_CMyCombo). But when i try to add a text with...

API for resize Windows taskbar
Posted on December 18th, 2003 | 2 Comments

Hi, I would to make a program for resize of Winows taskbar. This program should modify the height of the taskbar in the same way I could to resize with the mouse when I want to redouble the taskbar...

Drawing OpenGL to a bitmap
Posted on December 18th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hi Gents. I'm trying to display some OpenGL drawing in a bitmap on a dialog. I can display the bitmap on the dialog fine, but the bitmap seems determined to stay blank. The only example the MSDN...

enumerating ethernet adapters
Posted on December 18th, 2003 | 7 Comments

Hi, I had mistakingly assumed that enumerating the ethernet adapters (I've borrowed the winipcfg / ipconfig terminoligy here, because that is sort of what I'm after) would be simple and...

Label editing in listview using win32 api's
Posted on December 18th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi all , I am having great difficulty, in fact going crazy getting in place editing of labels working in a list view control for the very first item . From MSDN i am aware of the edit label...

How to measure time?
Posted on December 18th, 2003 | 6 Comments

Hi, I am writing an application which manipulates images within a thread. I want to calculate the frames per second. What is the best and precisely procedure to calculate the fps? Thanks for...

EncodeToUTF8
Posted on December 18th, 2003 | 2 Comments

I want to encode a MBCS CString to an UTF-8 string. I wrote a method like this: bool EncodeToUTF8(const CString& sStr, CString&...

about true type fonts(ttf file) programming)
Posted on December 18th, 2003 | 0 Comments

I am new one to fonts.I am developing a VC++ project which is using TTF file placed in fonts folder in control panel . how new file is created for fonts,its format and related programming samples...

Re: New Description: Compile Crafty chess with gcc under windows - Simple! - 1 attachment
Posted on December 17th, 2003 | 8 Comments

"Michael Loggel" <xyz.abc@gmx.de> wrote in message news:Xns9450D449193431032856onlinede@195.20.224.116... I tried these instructions with Crafty 19.7 (and 19.6), and while the .bat file method did...

Unmovable Dialog
Posted on December 17th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Przemo Drochomirecki wrote: Use OnNcHitTest and return HTCAPTION when the cursor is on your custom title bar.